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Canon U.S.A. Celebrates the Creativity of Indie Filmmakers as a Returning Sponsor of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Canon (News - Alert) U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced
today the company will return as a Sustaining Sponsor to the 2015
Sundance Film Festival (January 22 - February 1, 2015). Nestled in the
mountains of Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival celebrates the
best of independent film; as part of the Festival sponsorship, Canon
will offer a special slate of programming dedicated to the filmmakers
who push creative boundaries behind the camera.
Canon is pleased to share that at least 52 of the 188 films premiering
at this year's Festival - over 27 percent - were shot using Canon
equipment, up from the approximately 20 percent last year. Eli Roth's Knock
Knock, Amy Berg's Prophet's Prey, The Overnight, The
Wolfpack, Misery Loves Comedy, Cartel Land, Call Me Lucky, Fresh
Dressed, How to Dance in Ohio, Most Likely to Succeed, The Hunting
Ground, Tig, and The Nightmare are a few of the many
shot-on-Canon projects set to screen during the festival.
"We are honored that so many creative filmmakers have chosen our
equipment to bring their visions and stories to audiences. We look
forward to supporting them and connecting with them at the Sundance Film
Festival," said Yuichi Ishizuka, president and COO, Canon U.S.A., Inc.
"Sundance provides us with the opportunity to directly interact and
support many up and coming filmmakers, and we are excited to return as
Sustaining Sponsors to this year's festival."
In 2015, Canon will invite Sundance Film Festival filmmaker attendees to
flex their creative muscle at the Canon Creative Studio (427 Main
Street; open Saturday, January 24-Monday, January 26, from 11am-6pm). At
this daily hub - exclusive for cinematographers, directors, producers,
and crew - guests can explore how Canon supports all aspects of
filmmaking - from production design, to image capture, through edit and
workflow. The space features an equipment demonstration area with
on-site staff to walk guests through Canon's full line of Cinema EOS
cameras and lenses, including the new Cinema EOS C100 Mark II.
The Canon Creative Studio also features informal panel discussions with
top Sundance filmmakers, including horror-great Eli Roth (Hemlock
Grove, Hostel), VFX legend Robert Legato (The Wolf of Wall
Street, Hugo), and award-winning cinematographer Rachel Morrison
(Cake, Fruitvale Station).
The Canon Live Learning team will offer hands-on workshops with Canon's
latest filmmaking tool,- the EOS C100 Mark II camera with Dual Pixel
CMOS Auto Focus - including a demonstration of this camera on a DJI
Ronin 3-Axis (News - Alert) Stabilized Handheld Gimbal System.
The Canon Creative Studio will serve as host to the Canon Crew Party (details
below) on Sunday, January 25. This will mark Canon's third annual
celebration of filmmakers who work behind the lens of the 2015 Sundance
Festival films.
Canon's Festival activities will culminate on Monday, January 26 with a
special hosted screening of Bending the Light as part of Canon's
corporate presentation and not an official selection of the 2015
Sundance Film Festival. This documentary honoring the artistry of
creating a lens and the visual artists who use them from acclaimed
director Michael Apted (The 'Up' series, The World is Not Enough,
Gorillas in the Mist). The 60-minute film explores the relationship
between master craftsmen who shape lenses and the masters of light who
use these lenses for image capture - each an artisan in their own right. Bending
the Light features never-before-seen footage from inside Canon's
lens factory in Japan and intimate interviews with award-winning
photographers and cinematographers, including Stephen Goldblatt, ASC,
BSC (Get on Up, The Help), who will participate in a
Q&A immediately following the screening.
Below is the full schedule of events for Canon's activities at the 2015
Sundance Film Festival. All events take place at Canon Creative Studio
(427 Main Street) unless otherwise noted.
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Saturday, January 24th
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11am-6pm
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Canon Creative Studio
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A daily hub for filmmakers, the Canon Creative Studio will feature
craft conversations with cinematographers, directors, and industry
experts, a touch-and-try display of Canon equipment, and a place to
relax with coffee, snacks, and Wi-Fi®.
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12pm
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Canon Live Learning | Hands On with the Cinema EOS C100 Mark II
Camera
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The new EOS C100 Mark II camera is a versatile tool for independent
filmmakers, no matter the size and scale of the project. Canon's
Loren Simons offers an experiential demo of the camera's three
standout features: outstanding low-light sensitivity, smooth Dual
Pixel CMOS Auto Focus, and remote control networking capabilities.
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Instructor: Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer,
Canon USA (News - Alert))
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1pm
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Panel | The Female Perspective: Women in Cinematography
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A group of inspirational cinematographers gather for an illuminating
conversation about their craft and women in this creative art. The
three will discuss how they got their start in the business, their
creative inspirations, their mentors, and how they work behind the
camera.
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Panelists:
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- Rachel Morrison (DP, Dope, What Happened, Miss Simone?)
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- Laela Kilbourn (DP, How to Dance in Ohio)
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- Dagmar Weaver-Madsen (DP, Unexpected)
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Moderator: Paula Bernstein (Filmmaker Toolkit Editor,
Indiewire)
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2pm
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Panel | The Sky's The Limit: Drone Cinematography and the
Future of Filmmaking
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Unmanned aircraft are the future of aerial cinematography, but it's
still the Wild West in the sky. In this panel, industry experts will
break down what to know before you fly and the must-have tools to
take your next film to new heights.
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Panelists:
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- Willis Chung (Producer and Expert Pilot, DJI)
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- Tim Smith (Sr. Film and Television Advisor, Canon USA)
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- Michael Chambliss (Western Region Business
Representative, ICG IATSE Local 600)
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Moderator: Naida Albright (Canon Industry Advisor)
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3pm
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Panel | The Overnight's John Guleserian on the Cinema
EOS C500 Camera
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Indie comedy The Overnight brings cinematographer John
Guleserian back to Park City for his fourth consecutive year. The
acclaimed DP behind Sundance tour de forces Like Crazy and Song
One discusses why he chose the Canon Cinema EOS C500 camera
for his latest feature.
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Panelists:
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- John Guleserian (Cinematographer)
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- Tim Smith (Sr. Film and Television Advisor, Canon USA)
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Moderator: Paula Bernstein (Filmmaker Toolkit Editor,
Indiewire)
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Sunday, January 25th
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11am-6pm
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Canon Creative Studio
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A daily hub for filmmakers, the Canon Creative Studio will feature
craft conversations with cinematographers, directors, and industry
experts, a touch-and-try display of Canon equipment, and a place to
relax with coffee, snacks, and Wi-Fi.
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12pm
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Canon Live Learning | Hands On with the Cinema EOS C100 Mark II
Camera
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The new EOS C100 Mark II camera is a versatile tool for independent
filmmakers, no matter the size and scale of the project. Canon's
Loren Simons offers an experiential demo of the camera's three
standout features: outstanding low-light sensitivity, smooth Dual
Pixel CMOS Auto Focus, and remote control networking capabilities.
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Instructor: Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer,
Canon USA)
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1pm
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Panel | Cut the Comedy: The Capture and Edit of Misery Loves
Comedy
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Presented in partnership with Adobe (News - Alert), this panel explores the
making of Sundance documentary Misery Loves Comedy. DP Adam
McDaid and Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Rob
Legato - who served as a consulting editor for this film - take us
behind the scenes for an illuminating conversation about the
workflow of Canon's Cinema EOS C300 camera with Adobe Premiere Pro
CC.
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Panelists:
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- Adam McDaid (Cinematographer)
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- Rob Legato (Consulting Editor)
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- Mike Kanfer (Sr. Business Development Manager, Adobe)
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- Tim Smith (Sr. Film and Television Advisor, Canon USA)
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Moderator: Paula Bernstein (Filmmaker Toolkit Editor,
Indiewire)
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3pm
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Panel | Behind the Screams: Eli Roth on the Making of Knock
Knock with EOS-1D C
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Park City At Midnight was made for horror kings like Eli Roth,
whose latest spine-tingler Knock Knock stars Keanu Reeves,
Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas. Roth and his team discuss shooting
with the Cinema EOS 1D C and why this DSLR was a dream for
capturing his nightmarish script.
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Panelists:
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- Eli Roth (Director)
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- Antonio Quercia (Cinematographer)
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- Aaron Burns (Actor)
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- Tim Smith (Sr. Film and Television Advisor, Canon USA)
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Moderator: Paula Bernstein (Filmmaker Toolkit Editor,
Indiewire)
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4pm-7pm
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Canon Crew Party
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Canon's third-annual celebration toasts the filmmakers of the 2015
Sundance Film Festival.
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Monday, January 26th
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11am-6pm
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Canon Creative Studio
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A daily hub for filmmakers, the Canon Creative Studio will feature
craft conversations with cinematographers, directors, and industry
experts, a touch-and-try display of Canon equipment, and a place to
relax with coffee, snacks, and Wi-Fi.
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12pm
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Canon Live Learning | Hands On with the Cinema EOS C100 Mark II
Camera
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The new EOS C100 Mark II camera is a versatile tool for independent
filmmakers, no matter the size and scale of the project. Canon's
Loren Simons offers an experiential demo of the camera's three
standout features: outstanding low-light sensitivity, smooth Dual
Pixel CMOS Auto Focus, and remote control networking capabilities.
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Instructor: Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer,
Canon USA)
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1pm
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Panel | Get Real: Documentary Filmmaking with Cinema EOS
Cameras and Lenses
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We gather some of the brightest and boldest non-fiction storytellers
to tell the tales of their real-life films and talk about their tech
tools of choice for documentary work.
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Panelists:
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- Crystal Moselle (Director/DP, The Wolfpack)
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- Thaddeus Wadleigh (DP, The Hunting Ground)
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- Bradley Stonesifer (DP, Call Me Lucky)
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- Tim Smith (Sr. Film and Television Advisor, Canon USA)
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Moderator: Paula Bernstein (Filmmaker Toolkit Editor,
Indiewire)
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3pm
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Canon Presentation | Bending the Light Special Screening
and Q&A
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Location: New Frontier Microcinema (573 Main Street)
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Canon hosts a screening of Bending the Light as part of
Canon's corporate presentation and not an official selection of
the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, a documentary honoring the
artistry of creating a lens and the visual artists who use them
from celebrated director Michael Apted. A lively Q&A will follow
the screening with featured cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt,
ASC, BSC, spotlighting his creative process, the craft of
cinematography, and the Canon Cinema EOS lenses and cameras that
help bring his stories to life.
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Panelist: Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC
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Moderator: Paula Bernstein (Filmmaker Toolkit Editor,
Indiewire)
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4:30pm-6pm
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Canon Closing Cocktail Hour
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Festival attendees are invited back to Canon Creative Studio after
the Bending the Light screening and Q&A to demo Canon gear.
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Canon is pleased to partner with Indiewire, the leading news and
information source on independent film, Hollywood, and TV for movie and
TV fans, the industry, and filmmakers, to deliver exclusive content and
share up-to-date happenings from the Canon Creative Studio. Throughout
the Festival, Indiewire will feature a series of interviews with
cinematographers called "How I Shot That," presented by Canon. To read
the series, please visit http://www.indiewire.com/tag/how-i-shot-that.
To find out more about Canon's Festival activities, please visit our Cinema
EOS website or follow us on Twitter
and Vimeo.
Join the conversation
with #CanonCreativeStudio.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer,
business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the
United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding Mexico)
markets. With approximately $36 billion in global revenue, its parent
company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents
granted in 2014† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired
Companies in 2014. In 2014, Canon U.S.A. has received the PCMag.com
Readers' Choice Award for Service and Reliability in the digital camera
and printer categories for the 11th consecutive year. Canon U.S.A. is
committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty,
providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of
the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei
philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the
Canon Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a
recognition for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of
high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised of the latest news
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